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i served 25 years in different commissions for this city. i had an opportunity to know what it was like to be involved. so your professional of this resolution would mean a great deal only to me but for several generations of chinese-americans who have lived in chinatown in san francisco >> thank you reverend. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm ms. lamp i'm with the china community development center. i'm coming into support the alley way. it's a active community as the d.c. and she's very much involved in the china alley improvement and she also trios to help with the security for elderly housing and she's an advocate so she helps serve the seniors of san francisco. shows instrumental in helping to serve the community around it. she had a can do attitude and never give up easily so i'm hoping the board of supervisors also has this can do attitude and make sure the alley will be in honor of her. she so served this community and loved. i also support of the renaming of the old china town lane thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, pl
i served 25 years in different commissions for this city. i had an opportunity to know what it was like to be involved. so your professional of this resolution would mean a great deal only to me but for several generations of chinese-americans who have lived in chinatown in san francisco >> thank you reverend. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm ms. lamp i'm with the china community development center. i'm coming into support the alley way. it's a active community as the d.c. and...
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record for enforcing the effort to ban the commercially raised help me sxhois butterflies within the city and county a to insure the board support we want to certainly authorizes the department to engage the scientific community and members of the public to support those effort and build the strong coalition going forward to make this happen. sxhois >> yes i'll read the proposed changes. right now there is no that only one resolve clause to delete from that clause and to be approved by the board of supervisors that doesn't mean we don't want it it leaves it open to the staff to figure out the best way to do it. we want the other stakeholder and members of the public to support those effort and that be the end of it >> so if there's. >> so unless there's discussion then, i would simply move we agreement the resolution as commission and i had. >> commissioner king any discussion. >> take a vote and a yes first vote on the amendment all l all in favor, say i. and can i get a motion to approve the resolution and moderate to approval the resolution as amended? >> i move the resolution as amend
record for enforcing the effort to ban the commercially raised help me sxhois butterflies within the city and county a to insure the board support we want to certainly authorizes the department to engage the scientific community and members of the public to support those effort and build the strong coalition going forward to make this happen. sxhois >> yes i'll read the proposed changes. right now there is no that only one resolve clause to delete from that clause and to be approved by...
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. >> james from salt lake city and kansas city prepare for the mls cup. and in this league the match was a family battle. the entire league is a single business entity. >> we created the structure that allows us at a very high level to think of things that will help the game grow, and to try to avoid. >> it handles tale teams and it proves that it's working. >> i don't think you can find another soccer team in the world that can say the same thing. i believe we have one of the most competitive soccer leagues in the world. >> they're disciplined and organized and careful about how they spend money. the major league soccer has a salary cap of $3 million. >> it can't touch the pay of the three big sports. the nfl salary cap is $123 million. pro basketball, $59 million. that's per team. the entire mls league wide payroll, $89 million according to the league office with each team allowed to over pay key players. >> the reality is that money talks. and players are, you know, are working towards their livelihood. they have limited careers they want to make as mu
. >> james from salt lake city and kansas city prepare for the mls cup. and in this league the match was a family battle. the entire league is a single business entity. >> we created the structure that allows us at a very high level to think of things that will help the game grow, and to try to avoid. >> it handles tale teams and it proves that it's working. >> i don't think you can find another soccer team in the world that can say the same thing. i believe we have one...
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he visited the city after his release to prison in 1990. brian rooney is in los angeles and joins us from the first earchafrican methodist church. tell us more about that, and about any special services happening there today. >> he actually came here, only a few months after his release from prison, in june of 1990. and nelson mandela was always kind of a focus. this was one of the leading churches in all of los angeles. a real community center. and they always held a candle for nelson mandela during the american years of civil rights struggle, and in those years when he was in prison they felt a connection to him which was completed when he actually came here in 1990. so you can imagine what a wonderful moment that was for him. so it's a special thing for him. there is a service dedicated to nelson mandela at 10:00 ot here this morning. of course they will be remembering him all day and for many years to come. we spoke to the senior pastor here just a little while ago. >> it is awfully difficult to memorialize because a memorial would be l
he visited the city after his release to prison in 1990. brian rooney is in los angeles and joins us from the first earchafrican methodist church. tell us more about that, and about any special services happening there today. >> he actually came here, only a few months after his release from prison, in june of 1990. and nelson mandela was always kind of a focus. this was one of the leading churches in all of los angeles. a real community center. and they always held a candle for nelson...
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wal-mart has been having the battle city to city to city and why wal-mart may not open in new york city because the city council wants it to raise the minimum wage. stuart: i've got a city council member coming up on the show shortly. check the big board, down it's not a huge selloff, it's a gradual decline. 15-8 on the dow. once she says politics was her religion and now she's turned toward christianity. has it changed her politics? kirsten powers is next. ♪ hark the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king♪ (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade-proud to be ranked "best overall client experience." if hey breathing's hard.me, know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inh
wal-mart has been having the battle city to city to city and why wal-mart may not open in new york city because the city council wants it to raise the minimum wage. stuart: i've got a city council member coming up on the show shortly. check the big board, down it's not a huge selloff, it's a gradual decline. 15-8 on the dow. once she says politics was her religion and now she's turned toward christianity. has it changed her politics? kirsten powers is next. ♪ hark the herald angels sing,...
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and the city did such a great job letting him do everything. >> yeah. i tell you what the scotts are terrific family. and miles is an absolute beast for a 5-year-old to have been through what he had been through. tomorrow we'll be jumping in the bay after a 5k walk/run and miles will be at the seahawks game bringing his special energy to the 9ers for what's going to be a victory. >> tell me the truth, didn't you just love that day? you were such a ham. [ laughter ] you were such a ham. >> i mean, come on. does it get any better than that for san francisco? >> probably not. >> no. >> no way. it was special. >> it was great. it was special. >> guys, thanks so much. >>> five things to know. a winter storm is wreaking havoc as it makes its way across the country. hundreds of flights are canceled and icy roads have made driving treacherous. at least 9 deaths have already been blamed on the winter storm. >>> the state department has confirmed the death of an american teacher working in benghazi, libya yeah. ronald smith was a chemistry teacher at the internat
and the city did such a great job letting him do everything. >> yeah. i tell you what the scotts are terrific family. and miles is an absolute beast for a 5-year-old to have been through what he had been through. tomorrow we'll be jumping in the bay after a 5k walk/run and miles will be at the seahawks game bringing his special energy to the 9ers for what's going to be a victory. >> tell me the truth, didn't you just love that day? you were such a ham. [ laughter ] you were such a...
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and on over to new york city. fast-food workers in 100 cities across the country are walking off the job today to demand higher wages. right now the median hourly wage for fast-food workers nationwide is $8.94 an hour. that is about $18,000 a year, which is just above the federal poverty level for a family of three. the goal of today's strike is simple. workers want to earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a wage that would allow them to raise their families without having to live in poverty. their employers, mcdonald's, burger king, taco bell and wendy's have seen soaring profits while workers have seen little to no gain in years. last year mcdonald's brought in $5.5 billion in profits, a 27% increase over five years. its ceo makes $13.8 million a year, a 234% pay increase from the previous year. comparatively over a period of nearly 15 years, fast-food workers only saw their wages increase by $0.10 an hour. today the disparity between worker and ceo is so high it would take 930 years for a mcdonald's crew member to
and on over to new york city. fast-food workers in 100 cities across the country are walking off the job today to demand higher wages. right now the median hourly wage for fast-food workers nationwide is $8.94 an hour. that is about $18,000 a year, which is just above the federal poverty level for a family of three. the goal of today's strike is simple. workers want to earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a wage that would allow them to raise their families without having to live in poverty....
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the train in new york city, killing four people. >>> is something else ailing obamacare? >>> taxing online sales. the supreme court has its say. >>> federal investigators are now looking at the black boxes of a train that derailed in new york city on sunday. they want to know what caused the train to jump the tracks, killing four people and injuring dozens more. crews cleared the tracks so service could resume on one of the busiest train lines. jonathan, good afternoon. how are the cleanup efforts going right now? >> well, stephanie, i would say crews are on the final stretches of work, at least here on the scene they brought on a out a cadaver dog. they uprighted most of the cars at this point. this is the final car. if you can see through the bushes here you'll see that final car there. they were just able to upright with these large cranes that they've been using and they've been hauling the other cars away. in fact the one you've been looking at, the earlier video, this is the car that was just inches from the water, where near where the hudson and harl rivers meet. t
the train in new york city, killing four people. >>> is something else ailing obamacare? >>> taxing online sales. the supreme court has its say. >>> federal investigators are now looking at the black boxes of a train that derailed in new york city on sunday. they want to know what caused the train to jump the tracks, killing four people and injuring dozens more. crews cleared the tracks so service could resume on one of the busiest train lines. jonathan, good...
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the tallest buildings disappeared into the smog, many in the city were wearing masks. "i have difficulty in breathing" says 24-year-old zwei ji yu. "visibility is also bad and so is my mood." it's been a week of steadily rising record pollution levels in shanghai that have prompted the highest level of health warning. the concentration of the most dangerous particles reaching 20 times what the world health organization regards as hazardous. "i don't think it's fit for humans to live in this kind of environment" says this man. hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, schools closed, residents urged to stay indoors and factories ordered to cut off production. ships forced to navigate cautiously through the haze. experts blame the cold windless weather for a cloud of pollution from cars, factories and coal burning that has sat over eastern china for most of the week, and there's been record-breaking levels in other cities, including beijing earlier this year. the government has announced many plans to fight the pollution but with little apparent progress. the dense s
the tallest buildings disappeared into the smog, many in the city were wearing masks. "i have difficulty in breathing" says 24-year-old zwei ji yu. "visibility is also bad and so is my mood." it's been a week of steadily rising record pollution levels in shanghai that have prompted the highest level of health warning. the concentration of the most dangerous particles reaching 20 times what the world health organization regards as hazardous. "i don't think it's fit for...
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and how pittsburgh is transforming itself from steel city to tech city. using the day to to track possible regulars with nonterrorrists. pope front sis has formed an expert panel, one of the pan themes main duties will be to make the screening process for new priests much stricter. the prime minister of central africa republic is welcoming french military in the country. the decision was made just hours after chaos broke out. gun fights have spilled out into the streets of ban gi. it's president was ousted last march, today the u.n. security council approved the peace keeping force to end the violence, french president announced he would double the troops perhaps within hours. >> i have decided to react immediately. starting tonight, with the african forces and for the support of the european partners. >> there are conflicting numbers of the dead. in bagn where ohs are hoping that help comes soon. >> they are very much in control of the capitol now. and they are based just outside what is the main hospital here, where the injuries are -- and the dead are
and how pittsburgh is transforming itself from steel city to tech city. using the day to to track possible regulars with nonterrorrists. pope front sis has formed an expert panel, one of the pan themes main duties will be to make the screening process for new priests much stricter. the prime minister of central africa republic is welcoming french military in the country. the decision was made just hours after chaos broke out. gun fights have spilled out into the streets of ban gi. it's...
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. 20 below in rapid city. we will see the cold air not just pay stay put but expand through parts of texas, arkansas up into ohio are going to deal with cold temperatures. highs only in the 20's. in louisville, little rock and also the city of dallas by this saturday and a dangerous situation also setting up with some of the cold air at the surface. we have warmer temperatures over riding that cold air at the surface. we will be seeing icing out here from texas including the city of dallas all of the way up to ohio with anywhere between a quarter of an inch to about three quarters of an inch, heather and ainsley. that means power outages will be possible including arkansas, missouri and slippery roadways. it will be a huge concern with possible car accidents as well. send it over to you. >> thank you, maria. >> other stories, the man accused in last month's shooting at lax is being denied bail at his first court appearance. the judge saying he is a flight risk and danger to the community. he is charged with ki
. 20 below in rapid city. we will see the cold air not just pay stay put but expand through parts of texas, arkansas up into ohio are going to deal with cold temperatures. highs only in the 20's. in louisville, little rock and also the city of dallas by this saturday and a dangerous situation also setting up with some of the cold air at the surface. we have warmer temperatures over riding that cold air at the surface. we will be seeing icing out here from texas including the city of dallas all...
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what we have is a city dump near highway 101 across from candle stick. last night smoke started pouring out of the windows where people come to get rid of sheetrock and other debris. >> we have not been able to get to the bottom of this and know exactly what was burning. we made notification to air quality to see if they want to do a test. >> reporter: this run is the length of a football field, it is 8 feet high and these firefighters have been very busy sifting by hand and just taking a long time. anybody with asthma, small children, i would definitely advice you to stay away from this smoke until this dissipates a little bit more. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> also happening now, the memorial service for nelson mandella, dozens of world leaders are gathered there in the pouring rain at a stadium in johannesburg. now the memorial is the first of a series of events to honor nelson mandella. block brock was end -- president barack obama was invited to speak and he tries to apply the lessons of nelson mandella to his own life. >> he tell
what we have is a city dump near highway 101 across from candle stick. last night smoke started pouring out of the windows where people come to get rid of sheetrock and other debris. >> we have not been able to get to the bottom of this and know exactly what was burning. we made notification to air quality to see if they want to do a test. >> reporter: this run is the length of a football field, it is 8 feet high and these firefighters have been very busy sifting by hand and just...
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the city and county of san francisco continues to assess me for what i qualify for. and i have never been assessed for what i need. i have been a human ping-pong ball going between the myriad of sf agencies for what i
the city and county of san francisco continues to assess me for what i qualify for. and i have never been assessed for what i need. i have been a human ping-pong ball going between the myriad of sf agencies for what i
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city to ever enter bankcy. the city's $18 billion debt could include cutting pensions. >>> results of drug and alcohol tests on the train operator of the train that went offel rails came in negative. >> an american contractor has been held in a cuban prison for four years. he was setting up internet on the island and the government felt it was to undermine the government. >>> 85-year-old merrill newman has been detained in north korea since october. those are your headlines stori stories. >> what difference will two or three additional dollars per hour make in the life of low-wage americans and their times and the economy as a whole? the debate surrounding raising the minimum wage is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the wheels of the american economy turned with the labor of low wage workers across this country. the dishwashers, retail sales people and healthcare providers who toil at the federal minimum wage haven't seen a pay raise in four years and efforts in congress to find one have stagnated. c
city to ever enter bankcy. the city's $18 billion debt could include cutting pensions. >>> results of drug and alcohol tests on the train operator of the train that went offel rails came in negative. >> an american contractor has been held in a cuban prison for four years. he was setting up internet on the island and the government felt it was to undermine the government. >>> 85-year-old merrill newman has been detained in north korea since october. those are your...
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and and the city wide analysis. >> and for the district level. and for the analysis for the population of the groups of children and families. and the disabilities and. and you will see the data from the two districts is 66 and it is not surprising that district six gets the highest rates of food insecurity and it is a hub for services. and service provided are located. and you even have the neighborhood focus, and well as the coalition and i think that you can see from this, this is the highest number of for the homeless and one of the highest number of the housing units without kitchens. and this shows you the food program that are available and it has the highest concentration of food resource and even with all of these resources, we will know that there are gaps that the food is increases and i am going to go to another district which you might not think of as being viewed as having a high number of food insecure residents and it is district one and it is the richmond district. we have only pull odd data from just seniors, because there is a
and and the city wide analysis. >> and for the district level. and for the analysis for the population of the groups of children and families. and the disabilities and. and you will see the data from the two districts is 66 and it is not surprising that district six gets the highest rates of food insecurity and it is a hub for services. and service provided are located. and you even have the neighborhood focus, and well as the coalition and i think that you can see from this, this is the...
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salt lake city at 14, walla walla, washington, southeastern washington state 12 degrees. denver is 13 below 0 now and great falls, montana sitting at 18 degrees below 0. this cold is enveloping the entire western portion of the country. we're just getting a glancing blow. vallejo 29 tomorrow morning, a cold walk to school in fremont, 29 degrees, 30 in redwood city and santa rosa down to 24 cold degrees, 8 degrees below freezing about eight hours below freezing as well. this is why. that cold front moved through all the way down to orange county, southern california, high pressure building in behind it and it's sitting off to our north and west. winds always flow clockwise around high pressure, so it's dragging down more of that arctic air. we'll get more tomorrow, friday, over the weekend. it's not going away till the middle of next week. that jet stream is way down to the south. we stay chilly. the only real change is a small area of low pressure moving in friday night, saturday morning. this is a big deal because this will bring moisture, a couple showers. some of those
salt lake city at 14, walla walla, washington, southeastern washington state 12 degrees. denver is 13 below 0 now and great falls, montana sitting at 18 degrees below 0. this cold is enveloping the entire western portion of the country. we're just getting a glancing blow. vallejo 29 tomorrow morning, a cold walk to school in fremont, 29 degrees, 30 in redwood city and santa rosa down to 24 cold degrees, 8 degrees below freezing about eight hours below freezing as well. this is why. that cold...
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then thursday, friday, dallas, oklahoma city going to get very dicey. this is what it ookz like now. be careful of the fog, dallas, memphis, all the way to little rock. that will exit and then the cold blast will really encompass much of the middle of the nation. east coast stays pretty warm much of this week, and then the snow will pile up. even denver could see maybe 6 to 12 inches of snow starting tonight into tomorrow. you can see, brian, look at the map. we're 46 today in denver. their high tomorrow is 10. >> wow. >> and it will be snowing hard. so, those are some of the airports to avoid. all this mess comes to the east coast mostly as rain friday, saturday. >> all right. always comes to us on the weekend. bill, thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," inside the train derailment that left four commuters dead. the engineer now the center of the investigation and why he says he was going more than 50 miles per hour faster than he was supposed to be going. and when we come back here, we will huddle around the coole
then thursday, friday, dallas, oklahoma city going to get very dicey. this is what it ookz like now. be careful of the fog, dallas, memphis, all the way to little rock. that will exit and then the cold blast will really encompass much of the middle of the nation. east coast stays pretty warm much of this week, and then the snow will pile up. even denver could see maybe 6 to 12 inches of snow starting tonight into tomorrow. you can see, brian, look at the map. we're 46 today in denver. their...
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, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i s
, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to...
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city hall is accessible to persons using wheel chairs and wheelchair access is provided at polk street is provided via wheel chair lift. our meeting is open and sign language interpreted. also available in large print and braille. please ask staff for any additional assistance. to respect everyone's ability to focus on the presentations please silence all mobile phones and pda's. you may complete a speakers card available in the front of the room or call our bridge line. where a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. the mayor's disability counsel meetings are generally held on the third friday of the month. our next meeting will be on december 20th. request accommodations at 415, 5546789. 6799 for tt y. a reminder to speak slowly to assist our captioners and interpreters. >> next agenda item is the meeting of the agenda. >> item one welcome introduction roll call. >> item 2 action item reading and approval of the agenda. >> item 3 public comment. >> items not on the agenda -- each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. >> item 4: information item. >> item 5: inf
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in mosul a city where they left this morning. upon arriving at their group that they've been carried to try and separate storage groups that did the rebel groups of the former rebel coalition of the city can reach it. that being in charge of enforcing a little bit which in fact cashing in on me with that with these anti back to self defense in the discharge the agenda the term to describe a multitude of rebel groups of om for it is in norton that you don't necessarily share a common strategy. local residents and civilians that have taken refuge in him at least one base to be a full mark within the african force able to look at the beeb is minnesota's and saw how christians muslims said that the most conservative christians if i counted around. church in with some go up and in the french army's job will be to protect civilians in a blue i'm gay the home to read to try and tell it that is the civilian population has seen here in banking. they have to cooperate with the fullness and the rebels who again of intelligent forcing a litt
in mosul a city where they left this morning. upon arriving at their group that they've been carried to try and separate storage groups that did the rebel groups of the former rebel coalition of the city can reach it. that being in charge of enforcing a little bit which in fact cashing in on me with that with these anti back to self defense in the discharge the agenda the term to describe a multitude of rebel groups of om for it is in norton that you don't necessarily share a common strategy....
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we know all about the city and county. ladies and gentlemen, this is ace on the case and i will speak on public comment on something else. >> thank you for your last words. that is the last item for public comment for item 7a. i will try to summarize and my colleagues will correct me if i miss anything. we did hear from the arts commission. it was scheduled originally for november 26th, that meeting may not take place so we bumped it earlier to have this conversation sooner rather than later. i would like to consider that we have two issues before us. one is potentially a legal issue and we leave that up to council. that's our responsibility and obligation. i expect that we'll get something back from noern and ambrose. the other issue is the willingness of the arts commission and staff to accommodate our needs moving forward, right? because that's also something we want to do. commissioner moran hit it on the head. right now we really want to tighten it up. i think it was excellent that we had folks attend public comment t
we know all about the city and county. ladies and gentlemen, this is ace on the case and i will speak on public comment on something else. >> thank you for your last words. that is the last item for public comment for item 7a. i will try to summarize and my colleagues will correct me if i miss anything. we did hear from the arts commission. it was scheduled originally for november 26th, that meeting may not take place so we bumped it earlier to have this conversation sooner rather than...
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focusing on the work demonstrated areas while coordinating with other city departments. these include sidewalk inspection, street resurfacing, curb ramp construction throughout the city and all of those while trying to implement the strategy and the better streets plan. in 2011 the road and pavement bond. the condition at that time was at 64 and we plan to make it 72 citywide and we have maintained streets at the good condition level. we have in the past year improved from 64-65. that effort that the bond addressed was to provide 3 years of increased funding over our standard levels from 2004-2011. we have jump started that process. it's an overall 10-year plan to bring us to that pci score of 70. we are in year two of the bond implementation. the next slide illustrates those projects. i gave you a handout that might be a little bit easier to read. what you will see on that slide are all of our completed streets and resurfacing in green. the blocks that are planned over the next few years are in red and similarly we show the street and intersection for curb ramps and pla
focusing on the work demonstrated areas while coordinating with other city departments. these include sidewalk inspection, street resurfacing, curb ramp construction throughout the city and all of those while trying to implement the strategy and the better streets plan. in 2011 the road and pavement bond. the condition at that time was at 64 and we plan to make it 72 citywide and we have maintained streets at the good condition level. we have in the past year improved from 64-65. that effort...
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and other parts of the city. because of we know that there will be significant inflows and the out flows of the people, and in the pressed periods of time and however it is because of a basketball game or a concert and we just need to make sure that we are prepared that *. and i would like to stress my agreement with commissioner kim, we actually want to have strong transit and every part of the city, and whether it is a density populated areas or a less densely populated area, but the fact is that where the cranes are and where the development is happening whether it is in the hunter's point or pier 70 or the mission bay or the treasure island, we need to make sure that we are getting good transit. we make sure that we do this analysis and we put the money where our mouth is and that we do what is needed to keep pace. >> thank you, mr. rich in >> i am ken rich and i am standing in for jennifer as the point person and i am going to do an intro and turn it over to peter. you are about to see a presentation on what
and other parts of the city. because of we know that there will be significant inflows and the out flows of the people, and in the pressed periods of time and however it is because of a basketball game or a concert and we just need to make sure that we are prepared that *. and i would like to stress my agreement with commissioner kim, we actually want to have strong transit and every part of the city, and whether it is a density populated areas or a less densely populated area, but the fact is...
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hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we fi
hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work...
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i want to take to you the city of san francisco. a lot of people here park outdoors and it's cold enough for frost just about everywhere. give yourself extra time. and yeah, you might be scraping frost off the windshield. warm up your vehicle as well. we hit the 20s, 29 in redwood city, 26 in atherton, to the south bay it's cold in places like campbell, 28 degrees. and los gatos is at 28 degrees as well. so you want to travel cautiously. there is a threat for black ice this morning. you want to go slow around the curves, slightly apply your brake if you get in a situation like that. it's called black ice because you can't see it but you'll see a sheen on the highway. if that's what you are starting to experience, travel cautiously. it's going to be cold about all day long. in the 50s but a warmer day ahead tomorrow and we're going to keep climbing it is a we head further into the week. >> 4:48. former mayor of san diego is set to be sentenced today on several sexual harassment charges. bob filner pleaded guilty in october. he is acc
i want to take to you the city of san francisco. a lot of people here park outdoors and it's cold enough for frost just about everywhere. give yourself extra time. and yeah, you might be scraping frost off the windshield. warm up your vehicle as well. we hit the 20s, 29 in redwood city, 26 in atherton, to the south bay it's cold in places like campbell, 28 degrees. and los gatos is at 28 degrees as well. so you want to travel cautiously. there is a threat for black ice this morning. you want to...
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d.c.t 6:00 p.m., the council has given parliamentary approval to raising the cities minimum-wage. the vote was unanimous. if approved on second reading and signed, the minimum wage would jump to $11.50 an hour. the current minimum wage is $8.25 an hour. montgomery and prince george's counties raised their minimum wage to $11.50 an hour last month. >> vice president joe biden is calling for calm in the airspace dispute between china, japan, and other u.s. allies. the vice president met today with the china -- the japanese prime minister. the vice president will discuss the issue during a meeting with in beijingsident tomorrow. >> that newspaper editor who broke the edward snowden story about nsa classified document says he has just scratched the surface of the scandal. said he hasdger published one percent of the documents received by the paper. he also accused british authorities of trying to intimidate the newspaper. >> coming up on abc seven news at 6 p.m. a teacher accused of sexually thusing a child wit special needs. the family says they refuse to remain silent. >> and unusua
d.c.t 6:00 p.m., the council has given parliamentary approval to raising the cities minimum-wage. the vote was unanimous. if approved on second reading and signed, the minimum wage would jump to $11.50 an hour. the current minimum wage is $8.25 an hour. montgomery and prince george's counties raised their minimum wage to $11.50 an hour last month. >> vice president joe biden is calling for calm in the airspace dispute between china, japan, and other u.s. allies. the vice president met...
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city council just voted to boost the city's minimum wage to 11.50 an hour by 2016. it is 8.25 right now. that is a big jump. here now the man behind the plan, d.c. city councilman, vincent orange. thanks for joining us. have you heard from walmart? they opened their doors and you guys voted to raise anyone mum wage by three bucks? >> i was with walmart at preopening atth street. i joined them this morning on the store with georgia avenue. all seems to be well. opened their stores. council voted minimum wage of $11.50. melissa: did you talk about this specifically. >> no, happy feeling last night and this morning. people know they will have minimum wage. walmart knows they will sell their wears in the district of columbia. melissa: why do you think thaw need to increase the minimum wage by so much? for example, if you look at bureau labor at that schtick tis being less than three people, less than 3% of people make minimum wage. don't things in d.c. deserve more attention like crime? >> what we need in the district of columbia is better quality of life for our reside
city council just voted to boost the city's minimum wage to 11.50 an hour by 2016. it is 8.25 right now. that is a big jump. here now the man behind the plan, d.c. city councilman, vincent orange. thanks for joining us. have you heard from walmart? they opened their doors and you guys voted to raise anyone mum wage by three bucks? >> i was with walmart at preopening atth street. i joined them this morning on the store with georgia avenue. all seems to be well. opened their stores. council...
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three years ago, the city voted to allow a medical marijuana dispensary to open in the city. it never happened because of conflicts with federal laws. well, last night the city council voted in favor of the repeal saying the dispensary would have made it easier for teenagers to get marijuana. the. >>> the richmond city council took the first step towards banning electronic cigarettes in public places. e-cigarettes use batteries to heat a liquid solution that contains nicotine and other chemicals and turns into a vapor and the user inhales the vail her -- vapor. some say smoking is just not a healthy habit. >> we're trying to be a healthy city. part of that is sends the message that smoking is not okay. >> this was just the first step here. the richmond city council is expected to take a second vote on the idea after the first year of the can -- first of the year. it will take a few months after the approval for the plan to become law. >>> home prices in many east bay cities are way up this year. the website realtor.com calls oakland the number one turnaround town. that's beca
three years ago, the city voted to allow a medical marijuana dispensary to open in the city. it never happened because of conflicts with federal laws. well, last night the city council voted in favor of the repeal saying the dispensary would have made it easier for teenagers to get marijuana. the. >>> the richmond city council took the first step towards banning electronic cigarettes in public places. e-cigarettes use batteries to heat a liquid solution that contains nicotine and other...
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18906 devastated many buildings it was transformed offering a promise of a now a fundamental humane city. this was designed by before a began in 1933 and was complete in 1936. the 77 his is unique including the historic oral office of chester. thanks it to the recovery act it's a beacon to achieve a plaque. in other words, this historic building has received a new life and it proudly takes it's police radios with the jackson's r. browning an, an effort to revitalize san francisco market street corridor. this historic renovation goes well beyond the improvement. it is an innovator across the nation. the people who are categorize enough to think they can change the world can. this quote is from steve jobs and it opens his biography. jobs profoundly changes tending starting with the other person communication what the ipad. his flip was in the technology of the humanity. he believed that simplicity and extraordinary customer he experience could go together. apple neat to control the elements of supply chance and as a cult they had to own the experience. when i read this book it resonated wi
18906 devastated many buildings it was transformed offering a promise of a now a fundamental humane city. this was designed by before a began in 1933 and was complete in 1936. the 77 his is unique including the historic oral office of chester. thanks it to the recovery act it's a beacon to achieve a plaque. in other words, this historic building has received a new life and it proudly takes it's police radios with the jackson's r. browning an, an effort to revitalize san francisco market street...
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most of the people in this world are not knowledge no cities. we've got to figure out a way to better use our resources and get rid of our junk. we're trying to figure out how we viably live better crowding an areas and getting rid of our junk. policies that's what is important too. there's little things that are important. every time you pick up a soapy have to say this we learn the stuff do you know that out back material soap has a cancer in it. you shouldn't buy that stuff. people go to resident soeshgsdz and tell people that. this department is diagnose fantastic work and along with the things i'm asking you to check out what we're doing and ask you to get involved thank you >> to be slightly more direct then our commissioner king depart from the fact we want to be here in the heart and soul of the justice movement it was dr. espanol saying i ought to get your butts to the meeting. >> now the campaign sponsoring our director and convolution and policy director and now programs this is an informational presentation and discussion. >> so comm
most of the people in this world are not knowledge no cities. we've got to figure out a way to better use our resources and get rid of our junk. we're trying to figure out how we viably live better crowding an areas and getting rid of our junk. policies that's what is important too. there's little things that are important. every time you pick up a soapy have to say this we learn the stuff do you know that out back material soap has a cancer in it. you shouldn't buy that stuff. people go to...
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it called for data coordinators to be established in city agencies throughout city government. but none of these things after many, many months have occurred and this is why supervisor farrell has moved forward with his legislation. i do hope that all of the agencies throughout the city that have data can understand that we are serious about wanting to modify our open data standards. we are serious about releasing every open data set that we have. this is how we improve our government. this is how we make our government accountable and transparent and colleagues i also ask for your support. >> thank you, president chiu. so, colleagues, can we take this same house same call? thank you. [gavel] >> >> item 32, madam clerk. >> item 32 is a -- >> i'm sorry. looks like there are a couple comments. >> i apologize. i actually wanted to go back to item 29 and rescind the vote. i apologize i need to make a minor amendment. >> okay. supervisor kim would like to make a motion to rescind, seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, the vote for item 29 is rescinded. [gavel] >> supervi
it called for data coordinators to be established in city agencies throughout city government. but none of these things after many, many months have occurred and this is why supervisor farrell has moved forward with his legislation. i do hope that all of the agencies throughout the city that have data can understand that we are serious about wanting to modify our open data standards. we are serious about releasing every open data set that we have. this is how we improve our government. this is...
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salt lake city. you see the story here. these are technology hubs that have the skilled labor force, but they also create jobs for low wage workers. >> it's well said. and ross, i think you just made directly or indirectly the single best argument for staying in school. we still have about 3 million kids every year who are dropping out of high school. ross duvall, thank you very much. >> you wanted to stay in the basin just to drive the trucks. >> you know that midland, texas, now has the single highest per capita income of any zip code in the united states? more than greenwich, connecticut? >> i'm not surprised. >> more than the boys in 90210, melrose, andrew shue. it's midland, texas, number one. >> i want to see you driving an oil rig. >> i might be. >> danger, danger ahead. >>> still ahead -- i'll get my cdl. the best picks in the single hottest sector in the stock market right now which is related to what we just talked about. >> that's awe clue. >>> and later on, the triumphant return of the high-top sneaker. hi honey
salt lake city. you see the story here. these are technology hubs that have the skilled labor force, but they also create jobs for low wage workers. >> it's well said. and ross, i think you just made directly or indirectly the single best argument for staying in school. we still have about 3 million kids every year who are dropping out of high school. ross duvall, thank you very much. >> you wanted to stay in the basin just to drive the trucks. >> you know that midland, texas,...
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our city to a spokesman for much of that ordinance. we begin with the story in acrylic show an initial results of pointing towards a win for conservatives. it looks like a majority of people but the fact that gay marriage sixty five percent else that gets to the referendum question do you agree that marriage is between a man and woman. small acoustics are regional course. we reason felt great and all creatures that come to a catholic churches is a very powerful but this result is a great surprise is that. it is not a surprise not only because of the catholic church in and a five percent of the croats a guy down the eu for the beavers and the country took to treasure the things i recall circumstances. that's the stuff that was also a cheap way for the right wing publications without doing that thing going because i mean despite recall petition these are cropped it so they cannot cite the corner on the political level. still got all the costs of the forces which were pushing for the creation of a nation to reject any possible irrigate ma
our city to a spokesman for much of that ordinance. we begin with the story in acrylic show an initial results of pointing towards a win for conservatives. it looks like a majority of people but the fact that gay marriage sixty five percent else that gets to the referendum question do you agree that marriage is between a man and woman. small acoustics are regional course. we reason felt great and all creatures that come to a catholic churches is a very powerful but this result is a great...
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tomorrow, new york city in the morning in the city should be fine. north and west of town, watch out. in boston and west will be kind of touch and go with a little snow in the morning. but this is where we're going to have the most snow. already seven inches in o west virginia. just hearing i-95 southbound is shut down, exit 2 and 3 in philadelphia. major issues up into your neck of the woods. >> okay. well, it's pretty as a picture. 'tis the season. do stay safe. thanks for the heads up. >>> more on amazon's announcement of delivery by drone. can it really work? so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ you give them the giggles. tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol cold®. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. and she's not exactly tidy. even if she gets a stain she'll wear it for a week straight. so i use tide to get out those week old stains and down
tomorrow, new york city in the morning in the city should be fine. north and west of town, watch out. in boston and west will be kind of touch and go with a little snow in the morning. but this is where we're going to have the most snow. already seven inches in o west virginia. just hearing i-95 southbound is shut down, exit 2 and 3 in philadelphia. major issues up into your neck of the woods. >> okay. well, it's pretty as a picture. 'tis the season. do stay safe. thanks for the heads up....
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their brand is we build green cities. they're saying to the latin medical examiner cities you can break out and we can help you plan and supply those products. we innovative in the economy while export those services and products good jobs and a very different model. you know, i think we need to get beyond labels. the most of come out of washington, d.c. they're mostly ideological about what the economy is. we're mapped it, it's productive and cities will get about the business of developing fuels >> i want to follow up on cars you note in 1983 half of the americans have driver's license and only 29 percent today perhaps more cities with fewer cars and more people. 24 cultural change and highway we get around >> well, there's some big demographic challenges and changes we see it with the rebirth of our cities not only as amenities but as a van guard you know april rent has written a lot about the collaborative consumption. we are seeing people treat some of those products in the past >> can now share like zip car and we s
their brand is we build green cities. they're saying to the latin medical examiner cities you can break out and we can help you plan and supply those products. we innovative in the economy while export those services and products good jobs and a very different model. you know, i think we need to get beyond labels. the most of come out of washington, d.c. they're mostly ideological about what the economy is. we're mapped it, it's productive and cities will get about the business of developing...
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and we're paying these charges. >> well, you can go to city after city after city on a friday or saturday night and find out that the emergency room is the family doctor. >> therein lies one of the big problems. >> there's another problem i want to ask both of you about, but let's start with you, doctor, because you are a doctor and have been a doctor for a long time. how did we arrive at a culture where all of us here today, if we bought life's necessities, a house, a car, a set, a pair of shoes we would ask the price before we bought it. >> i think it started when my father was doctor was fee for service. you knew if you couldn't pay your bill you would pay farm supplies or barter and doctors wrote things off. that sort of mushroomed into you don't worry about it, sweetheart, i'll take care of everything. and this quiet layering on of costs, you know, we make the analogy all the time that you would never take your car into a garage and not expect to see on a board what things cost. but we wander into hospitals all the time and you and i, all of us, assume, well, some third party will pa
and we're paying these charges. >> well, you can go to city after city after city on a friday or saturday night and find out that the emergency room is the family doctor. >> therein lies one of the big problems. >> there's another problem i want to ask both of you about, but let's start with you, doctor, because you are a doctor and have been a doctor for a long time. how did we arrive at a culture where all of us here today, if we bought life's necessities, a house, a car, a...
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we know how important city college is to immigrant community. and we needed to convey how important to keep city college open it's a lifeline for immigrant and what they contributed to san francisco. we're concerned about the impact of the affordable health care and there's also some day to day issues like driver's license issues and, you know, local law enforcement issues making sure that the language access is there for all our community. we've done good due diligence and really understanding the issues but most important to make you all aware of what's important in the immigrant community >> you've having had a a lot of collective issues have you done any advocacy on the national level as we continue to push for immigration. >> our chair a bill who has a national renowned voice he's been our representative here in san francisco and kathleen here background is good and her writings have been 235u6r7d featured. we've used the expertise to bring, this up to the national level nooifrt congress people and there's been 87 in sacramento. i think we'
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where we have plenty of cities reporting that freezing mark, foster city, redwood city, 28 in woodside. and even at pacifica on the ocean, 42 degrees so chilly. make sure you bundle up. san francisco, it's cold enough for frost. accommodate enough time to get to your destination. also mike has been pointing out. it could get dangerous. 27 degrees in is a bass ta bowl. one of the coldest is petaluma. as we head throughout day temperatures will remain cool. we have rain and snow on the way tonight. we'll get into that forecast coming up as promised here is mike inouye. >> you're talking about the black ice. that's the very thin sheet of ice so it's transparent and looks like a shiny roadway. we had spinouts, san mateo, also walnut creek. any type of moisture could freeze with the conditions as they are now. the freeway shows no major problems a. smooth drive. those conditions are pretty distinguish. keeping the black top warm, this is the area with the arrow. we saw some speeds change that was on oosh by and that started to ramp up the follow a little bit. let's head to cal, university o
where we have plenty of cities reporting that freezing mark, foster city, redwood city, 28 in woodside. and even at pacifica on the ocean, 42 degrees so chilly. make sure you bundle up. san francisco, it's cold enough for frost. accommodate enough time to get to your destination. also mike has been pointing out. it could get dangerous. 27 degrees in is a bass ta bowl. one of the coldest is petaluma. as we head throughout day temperatures will remain cool. we have rain and snow on the way...
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it would an easy city. let me add another aspect back in 1978 in addition to all the things that happened in 1978 we had to start the rent strike in china town. and it was the instructional of those resident most of whom were of chinese-american descendent wanted equality they wanted their how did to happen in the city that happened in so things were difficult. what awe rods what the instructional and particularly the leadership of mukdz and supervisor milk was the beginning of combraidz and understanding diversity. let me put it simple to you at this point. i don't think i would be standing in front of you all as the mayor of san francisco but for the leadership of supervisor harvey milk and moscone. that's how significant i side their contribution here and i make that personal point because they were such leaders of diversity it was hard at that discuss it the make up of the board of supervisors of all the other elected positions the struggles in our our community across town whether japan down or china t
it would an easy city. let me add another aspect back in 1978 in addition to all the things that happened in 1978 we had to start the rent strike in china town. and it was the instructional of those resident most of whom were of chinese-american descendent wanted equality they wanted their how did to happen in the city that happened in so things were difficult. what awe rods what the instructional and particularly the leadership of mukdz and supervisor milk was the beginning of combraidz and...
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redwood city, 34. it's not just the cold, we have a low pressure area moving in and that means when you combine them with the cold air, there will be low snow levels. find out who is going to get white coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good, thanks, paul. at some bay area businesses, sales are sizzling because of the cold snap. this shoe repair shop, walnut creek, fixes five pairs of boots on a given day. guess what? today that number is pushing 40. a pell can rock boutique across the street is reporting a 500% jump in sweaters and jacket sales. >> when the weather gets cold, it's really busy. >> big cold winds, okay, now it's time to layer up. >> even ice cream shops are breathing along. at cream, hot chocolate sales are up 60% month to month. ice cream sales surprisingly, have not dipped much. >> it's a murder case that haunted bay area investigators for nearly 20 years. tonight, they announced a game changing break in the case. easing dna and this mold of a woman only known as jane, santa cruz p
redwood city, 34. it's not just the cold, we have a low pressure area moving in and that means when you combine them with the cold air, there will be low snow levels. find out who is going to get white coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good, thanks, paul. at some bay area businesses, sales are sizzling because of the cold snap. this shoe repair shop, walnut creek, fixes five pairs of boots on a given day. guess what? today that number is pushing 40. a pell can rock boutique across the...
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here in the city of detroit. we are paying millions of dollars to jones a and lawyers, across the city of detroit and the nation, to to lead the bankruptcy... ..we are paying a lot of money out now that we could put in a place where we could make sure that we take care of the pensioners. >> we are talking $20 billion, not $400 million. >> yes, but what we have to understand is the nation is dealing with the same issue. cleveland and atlanta, la, are all dealing with the same issue. the way to solve it is not on the backs of the pensioner, but make sure the banks that we bailed out at $1.8 trillion - they are the ones that caused the catastrophe in the united states of america. and they need to pay. they need to take big major hits. it will not hoppen by doing this on the backs of the potential. >> thank you for sharing your staffy. we appreciate it. >> turning now to vice president joe biden's drip to asia, he arrived in beijing moments ago for talks with china's leaders. earlier in tokyo he weighed in on china a
here in the city of detroit. we are paying millions of dollars to jones a and lawyers, across the city of detroit and the nation, to to lead the bankruptcy... ..we are paying a lot of money out now that we could put in a place where we could make sure that we take care of the pensioners. >> we are talking $20 billion, not $400 million. >> yes, but what we have to understand is the nation is dealing with the same issue. cleveland and atlanta, la, are all dealing with the same issue....
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we've seen that work in a city like san francisco. and they're calling for ajf uni industry.lp the fast food industry isfá the real question is between the organizing and consumer pressure and, inés some cases, public level minimum wage. can they get those wages up and make that difference.r >> this week, president obama weighed in.xd he's also calling forzv a high minimum wage now. do you think that will add tor the public pressure that you justt( mentioned? will it makerpp difference in shifting the debate? >> that's actually one reason i t%9-]z( initiative is such a powerful vehicle in something like this. people have been talking about raising the minimum wage at the federal level for a couple of yearsc3now. it moves in congress, it dies. suddenly, we talk -- we're talking about the voters of california deciding whether or not it makexd senseu for busins to pay their own employees rather than for the taxpayers to subsidize them. and i think a $12 minimum wage will be very popular in california and put aw3 lot of pressureçó
we've seen that work in a city like san francisco. and they're calling for ajf uni industry.lp the fast food industry isfá the real question is between the organizing and consumer pressure and, inés some cases, public level minimum wage. can they get those wages up and make that difference.r >> this week, president obama weighed in.xd he's also calling forzv a high minimum wage now. do you think that will add tor the public pressure that you justt( mentioned? will it makerpp...
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there is nothing that demonstrates that this action would benefit the city, promote the city's transit-first policy and be worth the burden to those of us who use the bus. we have found no answers to justify this decrease in service. so we implore the board of directors to drop its plan to eliminate 39 jackson. thank you for your time. >> thank you. [ reading speakers' names ] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, sara nyman. just a couple of things that i would like to point out without repeating what everybody else has already said. the no. 3 bus is the only bus that takes us back in the evening. the no. 2 bus stops running at 7:00 in the evening. if you took no. 1 you would end up on sutter and somebody who has to walk down the little to take the bus back. it's a real hardship for a lot of people to take the 1 back. the no. 2 as i said stops at 7:00. you took away the no. 4 bus, which used to work in our neighborhood and now the no. 2 bus doesn't go as far. so if i want to go to the legion of honor, for example, i have to climb up the hill and go down to go to the legion of honor. you are
there is nothing that demonstrates that this action would benefit the city, promote the city's transit-first policy and be worth the burden to those of us who use the bus. we have found no answers to justify this decrease in service. so we implore the board of directors to drop its plan to eliminate 39 jackson. thank you for your time. >> thank you. [ reading speakers' names ] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, sara nyman. just a couple of things that i would like to point...
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it's like something out of -- gothem city. >> what effect will that have on the bay area. what other hotspots might be feeling. >>> all across the country talking about a hike to the men -- minimum wage. phil has a interview with the couple of them. >> con severtive -- con con -- conservatives are weighting in on it. >> it's cool out there. right now we are in the 30s. 33 in san jose. we have a freeze warning in effect for another half hour. sunshine today. continued cooling temperatures. we have a slow warming trend coming into next week. >> freezing conditions around the pay area have taken a toll on a life. a person tide. 4 people tided from expose sure -- expose -- exposure over the weekend. there are 3 beds at the reception center in san jose. >>> 85-year-old knewman -- newman arrived yesterday. he was detained for 6 weeks. in the early 1960 he advised gore relative -- gorillas. he appeared to be relieved. >> great home coming. i'm glad to be here with with my family. thanks for the support we have. >> he thanked the u.s. embassy for securing his release. >>> this wee
it's like something out of -- gothem city. >> what effect will that have on the bay area. what other hotspots might be feeling. >>> all across the country talking about a hike to the men -- minimum wage. phil has a interview with the couple of them. >> con severtive -- con con -- conservatives are weighting in on it. >> it's cool out there. right now we are in the 30s. 33 in san jose. we have a freeze warning in effect for another half hour. sunshine today. continued...
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and surface rupture tends to destroy the foundation of the city. >> reporter: the city insists the project is safe, and they say they stand on solid ground. literally and figuratively. >> where do we stop? if we base everything on what might be, and we some economic development, then we're in trouble as a city. i think everyone should take a deep breath, let's the science come in and the facts come in before we jump to conclusions. >> no development can happen on top of an earthquake fault. that's not us talking, but that's state law and mother motr nature talking. >> reporter: the fight moves off the streets and into the courts leaving the future of hollywood's most ambitious project very much up in the air. the developer says they have gone above and beyond all legal requirements regards to seismic studies but say they're willing to consider further ground testing and they say they are confident the l.a. superior court system will uphold the city's approval of the project. >> jennifer london in los angeles for us. ahead on al jazeera america an explosion of this salty fish is causing a r
and surface rupture tends to destroy the foundation of the city. >> reporter: the city insists the project is safe, and they say they stand on solid ground. literally and figuratively. >> where do we stop? if we base everything on what might be, and we some economic development, then we're in trouble as a city. i think everyone should take a deep breath, let's the science come in and the facts come in before we jump to conclusions. >> no development can happen on top of an...
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. >> a vital, breathing, growing city, making a city safer. >> reporter: he bris led when asked if his successes were from the former mayor. >> you are wrong, okay? you are plain wrong. >> reporter: they came over to challenge the reporter, aaron wiener. >> that's what they did. a lot of ground breaking with little in the pipeline. there's no funding for it. >> reporter: when gray said he was running on his record, the federal criminal probe into his 2010 campaign. >> have you cooperated? >> mike, i want to talk about the future of the city, okay. i want to talk about the future of the district of columbia. i am a native washingtonian and have given my life to this city. >> reporter: reporters followed him out the door. >> the washington redskins game? i'm done, all right. i'm done. >> it's a clear campaign tactic to rebuff reporters asking questions, but unclear how it will play when voters ask the same questions. we expect them to do so during the campaign. >> feisty tone. >> the mayor usually lets us ride up in the elevator and jokes with us. much more tense. i was surprised. >>> we
. >> a vital, breathing, growing city, making a city safer. >> reporter: he bris led when asked if his successes were from the former mayor. >> you are wrong, okay? you are plain wrong. >> reporter: they came over to challenge the reporter, aaron wiener. >> that's what they did. a lot of ground breaking with little in the pipeline. there's no funding for it. >> reporter: when gray said he was running on his record, the federal criminal probe into his 2010...
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the investigation continues for what caused a deadly derailment in new york city. the ntsb will determine if speed or human error played a role. >>> the death of a man outside a kansas city chief's game is being investigated as a homicide. police say the incident happened in the arrowhead stadium parking lot. two suspects are in custody. i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> take a ride on any prostitution track in any big city in america and you'll see waves of young women trading their bodies for quick cash. but what you don't see is the pain and despair burning inside many of these girls who are often coping with the fallout from child sexual abuse. >> i was sexually abused four times by the time i was 10. >> like many of the women and young girls forced to strip or perform sex acts for money, raleigh was a good kid whose innocent childhood was suddenly cut short by sexual abuse. >> if it's continuously happening to you like it was to me, you start to feel like what are you good for, what are you here for? i sometimes used to ask myself in the mirror, why am i here? >> s
the investigation continues for what caused a deadly derailment in new york city. the ntsb will determine if speed or human error played a role. >>> the death of a man outside a kansas city chief's game is being investigated as a homicide. police say the incident happened in the arrowhead stadium parking lot. two suspects are in custody. i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> take a ride on any prostitution track in any big city in america and you'll see waves of young women trading...
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today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a tough day for all of us here in detroit [♪ music ] >> once the nation's fourth largest city, the heart of the auto industry and the soul of american music today's detroit is a portrait of urban decay and facing a water shed moment. it is the largest municipality in u.s. history to file for bankruptcy. a federal judge ruled the city is not only insolvent but in a decisive verdict declared that pensions will be included on the chopping block. dave bing is the outgoing mayor. >> the only way we stayed alive, quite frankly, is through cuts. we c
today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a...
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we've never seen this before in 130 cities. what impact do you think these protests are going to have, if any? >> i think it's huge. and it's very, very significant that this is the second year that we have seen this sort of protest, an organized, national effort to bring people out from behind the counters at fast food restaurants, put them with their allies and supporters on the streets of communities across this city. i was in some of the places where these protests took place. and there was nobody going by booing them. the horns were honking, you saw the thumbs up. people were cheering these workers on. and that fits with what the polls tell us, ed. polling says that 80% of americans believe that congress should raise the minimum wage above $10 an hour. so there's real passion there in this country. and i think we're beginning to raise that energy enough -- up enough, to pass laws in states and to make moves in cities. unfortunately, as you have illustrated already, we've got a lot of resistance in that republican house of
we've never seen this before in 130 cities. what impact do you think these protests are going to have, if any? >> i think it's huge. and it's very, very significant that this is the second year that we have seen this sort of protest, an organized, national effort to bring people out from behind the counters at fast food restaurants, put them with their allies and supporters on the streets of communities across this city. i was in some of the places where these protests took place. and...